{"id":7128,"date":"2014-04-11T06:20:46","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T18:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/blog-international_adoption-colombias-changing-adoption-landscape\/"},"modified":"2020-01-08T03:41:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T15:41:13","slug":"colombias-cambiando-el-panorama-de-la-adopcion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/es\/colombias-changing-adoption-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"El cambiante panorama de la adopci\u00f3n en Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>El Director Asociado de Programas Internacionales, Ben Sommers, recientemente tuvo la oportunidad de visitar Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, para reunirse con nuestros representantes colombianos y visitar instituciones. Aqu\u00ed comparte su perspectiva sobre el cambiante panorama de la adopci\u00f3n en el pa\u00eds. &nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\nPara aquellas personas y entidades que trabajan en el \u00e1mbito del bienestar infantil, \u201cpaisaje cambiante\u201d es un estribillo que se repite con frecuencia y se refiere a una forma generalizada de entender los amplios cambios que han tenido lugar en este campo durante las \u00faltimas d\u00e9cadas. En t\u00e9rminos m\u00e1s espec\u00edficos, uno de los avances m\u00e1s significativos es el creciente n\u00famero de ni\u00f1os mayores, ni\u00f1os con necesidades especiales y grupos de hermanos que viven bajo cuidado institucionalizado. Para Spence-Chapin, nuestro propio cambio organizacional se centra en adoptar un enfoque proactivo para abordar las realidades de este nuevo panorama.<\/p>\n<p>Colombia ofrece un ejemplo convincente de c\u00f3mo es el nuevo panorama. Recientemente tuve el privilegio de viajar a Bogot\u00e1 para visitar a nuestros representantes colombianos y ver de primera mano c\u00f3mo la ret\u00f3rica del cambio de paisaje se tradujo en realidad. Bogot\u00e1 es la ciudad m\u00e1s poblada de Colombia y alberga aproximadamente ocho millones de personas. Al igual que cualquier sistema de bienestar infantil en cualquier naci\u00f3n en el espectro del desarrollo econ\u00f3mico y social, las historias de ni\u00f1os que ingresan al sistema de protecci\u00f3n debido a la pobreza, la violencia, el abandono y el abuso de sustancias son comunes.<\/p>\n<p>La autoridad central colombiana en materia de bienestar infantil, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icbf.gov.co\/portal\/page\/portal\/ICBFEnglishVersion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instituto Colombiano de Bienstar Familiar (ICBF)<\/a> tiene aproximadamente once mil ni\u00f1os bajo su protecci\u00f3n en la regi\u00f3n de Bogot\u00e1. De estos once mil ni\u00f1os, aproximadamente ocho mil tienen un estatus legal que permite la adopci\u00f3n internacional. La gran mayor\u00eda de esta poblaci\u00f3n de ocho mil ni\u00f1os est\u00e1 compuesta por ni\u00f1os mayores, ni\u00f1os con necesidades especiales y grupos de hermanos. Si bien las pol\u00edticas nacionales e internacionales dan prioridad a las opciones internas, los ni\u00f1os en institutos de protecci\u00f3n crecen, lo que explica el crecimiento de la poblaci\u00f3n. Las pol\u00edticas internas de Colombia son admirables por su enfoque en la preservaci\u00f3n de la familia y las opciones dom\u00e9sticas para estos ni\u00f1os, pero a medida que se desarrollan estos largos procesos, o cuando no logran generar opciones leg\u00edtimas, los ni\u00f1os crecen.<\/p>\n<p>Lo que vi durante mis visitas a cuatro instituciones de protecci\u00f3n ilustr\u00f3 claramente esta realidad: las antiguas guarder\u00edas convertidas en viviendas estilo dormitorio, grandes \u00e1reas de juego al aire libre con canchas de f\u00fatbol y baloncesto, instalaciones variadas y programaci\u00f3n extracurricular, y un gran equipo de psic\u00f3logos infantiles centrados en el bienestar mental del creciente n\u00famero de ni\u00f1os en cada instituci\u00f3n. Cabe se\u00f1alar que las cuatro instituciones que visit\u00e9 son excepcionales en t\u00e9rminos de los recursos disponibles que les permiten convertirse en instalaciones hol\u00edsticas y bien administradas. Sin embargo, a pesar de su exterior estilo campamento de verano, los ni\u00f1os bajo su cuidado provienen casi exclusivamente de entornos dif\u00edciles donde el abuso, la transici\u00f3n y la decepci\u00f3n han estado presentes. De ah\u00ed el enfoque cl\u00ednico en la salud mental y el enfoque socializador en la creaci\u00f3n de estructura, rutina y normalidad.<\/p>\n<p>Nuevamente, las instituciones de protecci\u00f3n que visit\u00e9 ten\u00edan los recursos que les permitieron crear estos ambientes seguros y estructurados. Las instituciones en zonas rurales de bajos ingresos que albergan a miles de ni\u00f1os no son tan afortunadas. Tampoco es tan afortunada la poblaci\u00f3n de ni\u00f1os con necesidades especiales que viven dentro del sistema de protecci\u00f3n. Escuch\u00e9 numerosas historias de profesionales del bienestar infantil sobre diagn\u00f3sticos err\u00f3neos combinados con la indiferencia burocr\u00e1tica que ha llevado a que cientos de ni\u00f1os sean internados en instituciones que no son apropiadas para sus necesidades espec\u00edficas. Lamentablemente, estos ni\u00f1os carecen de defensores que los ayuden a encontrar un entorno m\u00e1s apropiado.<\/p>\n<p>En \u00faltima instancia, los ni\u00f1os que vi est\u00e1n siendo productivos. Toman clases de arte, cantan canciones de Disney e idolatran a Lionel Messi. Pero para ellos, las nociones de \u201cfamilia permanente\u201d y de una vida libre de transiciones previsibles todav\u00eda est\u00e1n pintadas con colores un tanto vagos. Muchos de los ni\u00f1os pueden expresar la agencia que sienten sobre su futuro expresando directa o indirectamente su deseo de ser parte de una familia permanente. Existen desaf\u00edos para nuestras familias adoptivas que esperan adoptar a estos ni\u00f1os, y estos ni\u00f1os enfrentar\u00e1n desaf\u00edos mientras navegan por la transici\u00f3n m\u00e1s importante de sus vidas. La limitada instant\u00e1nea del sistema de bienestar infantil colombiano que pude vislumbrar muestra que la ret\u00f3rica del \u201cpaisaje cambiante\u201d se basa en la realidad de an\u00e9cdotas individuales y que si bien las instituciones espec\u00edficas que visit\u00e9 han construido entornos donde los ni\u00f1os pueden progresar, la clave Todav\u00eda falta un elemento de permanencia.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Director of International Programs Ben Sommers recently had the opportunity to visit Bogota, Colombia to meet with our Colombian representatives and visit institutions. 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